Toledo Woman Dies In One-Car Crash; Passenger Seriously Injured

The accident occurred at 7:39 p.m. on Goetz Rd. west of Sylvania-Petersburg Rd. in Whiteford Township.

Preliminary investigation indicates Teresa M. Waschnig, 50, was driving a silver 2005 Buick Lasabre west about a half-mile west of Sylvania-Petersburg Rd. when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle traveled off the roadway, said Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

Ms. Waschnig over corrected and re-entered the roadway before traveling left-of-center where the vehicle entered a ditch striking a cement culvert.

Ms. Waschnig was not wearing a seat belt, deputies said, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her 10-year-old passenger, whose name was not released, suffered serious injuries and was taken by Life Flight to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.

Monroe Community Ambulance and Summerfield Township Fire Department assisted at the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by members of the sheriff’s Traffic Services Division, Sgt. Joseph Higham, and Deputies Jeff Hooper and Rob Moody of the CARs Division.

Anyone with additional information about the crash is asked to call 240-7768.